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A Real Honest Castle

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A Real Honest Castle

Sunday – 6 days of being in Ireland, and we’re settling into a routine. Time for Mass. We get up and head across the street to the church and attend the 10am service. It was quick too, less than an hour. We were rather surprised. I may post more about the specific church later. After…

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Derry To Torr Head And More

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Derry To Torr Head And More

Travelling takes a bit longer than one might want or expect with four young kids and everybody affected by jet lag. It took a few days, but about day 5 things started to settle down into a much more normal schedule.   Despite this, getting breakfast, getting everybody up, dressed, figuring out where we are…

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First Ireland Post (finally)

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First Ireland Post (finally)

Day… what… 4? It’s all a bit off since we lost a day in travel. Right now, where we are it is Thursday the 27th. We left Seattle very early on Monday the 24th and landed the morning of Tuesday the 25th.  The rest of Tuesday was spent getting up to dad’s (which is its…

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Phamily Foto Phriday 6-14-13 Last Day Of School Edition

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Phamily Foto Phriday 6-14-13 Last Day Of School Edition

Shut up. I know I’m actually posting this on Sunday. Work with me. Friday was the last day of school. Crazy times. The whole last few days were nuts. Busy, nothing necessarily to show for it, but busy. Here’s Déla on the parallel bars on the playground. And here’s the best picture I could get…

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The Sight To Unsee

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Xavier, newly 3 years old, is mostly potty trained. He still wears a diapers during nap and overnight. So I wake him from nap this afternoon and I can already smell it. Opening up his diaper he put his hands over his eyes and exclaims “Ooh, gross! I don’t want to see it!” My reply?…

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Phamily Foto Phriday 6-7-13

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I think somebody told him he couldn’t say it five times fast.

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Stranger Danger

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Stranger Danger

(trigger warning) Don’t be afraid to call it in.

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Some Mornings

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I make three lunches in the morning. Two for my kids in school and one for my wife who teaches kindergarten. We use almond butter due to peanut allergies in schools. I pull out the almond butter, place it on the counter. After opening the lid to spread it, and realize I have no knife….

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Soap Brother

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The soap, as it often does as it nears the end of its usefulness, had broken apart into two pieces. It was during bathtime and Ciárán (age 5) was getting washed. I was hoping not to lose either of the pieces, and had mashed them together to form an approximation of a singular piece of…

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Goodbye Crib

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Took the crib apart over the weekend. That felt weird. It needed to happen, but it’s been 10 years. Xavier transitioned into a regular bed a month or so ago, and it’s been going as well as could be expected. It’s easier for him to get out of bed, but there’s less danger of him…

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